Albert Evans and Wendy Whelan. Photo by Paul Kolnik Wendy Whelan describes the impression that Balanchine's Agon made on her when she saw it for the first time at age 14, while spending her first summer in NYC as a student. "That summer, I witnessed ballerinas spinning across the stage so ridiculously fast that I almost felt blinded by them. I was spellbound by a team of Amazonian women in red kilts kicking their legs so high and with such attack that it left me breathless. I

To watch my 80-minute lecture on Red Angels, featuring demonstrations by Mira Nadon and violinist Mary Rowell, click here . Wendy Whelan....

At the 1890 world premiere of Sleeping Beauty, the dance of Puss-in-Boots and the White Cat was encored. (Petipa Society) Today, it still...

Ulysses Dove's ballet "Red Angels" had its premiere at NYCB in 1994. The next day, Anna Kisselgoff of the New York Times proclaimed that...

By now, you know that I find the lineage of dance so important to study and honor. Dance is not a skill that can be learned by reading a...